Apostolic Study Bible Notes

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“Although not the main point here, the statement ‘for by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body’ affirms that Spirit baptism is key to belonging to the body of Christ.” (Page 1850)

“God asked questions not to gain information, but to provide an opportunity for Adam to admit his sin. Rather than admitting his guilt, Adam blamed his wife and implicated God Himself in the sin. Eve blamed her failure on the deception of the serpent. 1 Timothy 2:14 shows that her sin came out of deception, but Adam was not deceived. This is probably why the Bible states sin entered the world through Adam’s rebellion (1 Cor. 15:21–22), rather than Eve’s transgression.” (Pages 22–23)

“Babel is almost certainly the same city as Babylon. Therefore, Babylon would have been the oldest city on earth.” (Page 33)

“Transgression did not come from the tree or its fruit, but the defiance of eating thereof against God’s commandment. God warned that such disobedience would surely bring death. Dying is not cessation of being, but separation. Spiritual death is separation from God and physical death is the separation of the spirit from the body. Spiritual death came immediately at the Fall, and the process of physical death also immediately began. In the day Adam ate thereof, the surety of death became a defining reality of the human condition.” (Page 21)

“Uncharacteristically, Moses did not give glory to God for the miracle about to occur, but rather claimed he and Aaron would bring water out of the rock. More than the specific act of disobedience in striking the rock instead of speaking to it, the fact that they did not trust God and honor Him before the people stirred God’s anger (v. 12).” (Page 262)